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Album Review

LCD Soundsystem
Sound of Silver DFA/EMI

Article written by Elisabetta P - May 2, 2007

Have you ever thought about what it feels like being James Murphy � multi tasking DJ, record producer, label head for DFA and the brains behind LCD Soundsystem?

It must be feeling pretty good, especially when you have just released a second album after an acclaimed eponymous first opus, which seems destined for even bigger things.

�Sound of Silver� does not disappoint � it brings together aging and new clubbers alike with a dancing session of music genres from different decades. The electronica wizardry and Brian Eno styled vocals of �Someone Great� meet the disco glam and the infectious backing vocals of �Time to Get Away�. �All my Friends� is an upbeat pop ballad with both punk and dance edges while Latin percussions and hypnotic refrains dominate the funk odyssey that is �US Vs Them�.

But it�s not just Murphy�s skilful and explosive toying with his musical background to provide the driving force behind this album. Reflections on the contemporary American identity crisis in �North American Scum� � �for those of you who still think we are from England, we�re like�no� � or the sweet-sour ode to his hometown �New York , I love you but you are bringing me down� � �New York is a great place if you get someone to pay the rent� , �New York take me off your mailing list�� add lyrical twists, realism and irony to this ambitious, effortless second achievement.

Links:
http://www.lcdsoundsystem.net